Global structure
The program BAHNLAND was originally written for WINDOWS 3.x systems and shall run
there also in the future. Therefore, the names of all files to be used by this
program are restricted to 8 characters for the netto name. Nevertheless, the
vehicle should be recognized by its filename. I tried to realize this by using the
following naming system:
Global structure from left to right:
Character 1
Characters 2-5
Characters 6-7
Character 8 |
Vehicle group
Vehicle class number or other description
Vehicle characteristics, colors, paintings
Bitmap variant |
Character 1: Vehicle group
0
1
2
3
4 |
Steam engines, steam railcars
Electric locomotives
Diesel locomotives
Shunting engines
Elektric multiple units |
5
6
7
8
9 |
Accumulator railcars
Diesel multiple units
Service vehicles, railcars ("Schienenbusse")
Coaches
Freight wagons |
| Trailers and driving trailers are associated to the same
vehicle group like the corresponding motor car. |
Zeichen 2-5: Vehicle description
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The desription differs from the vehicle groups and also from the assignment
to the former German state railways, German state railways, private railways
and international railways. This part of the filename is further classified
in the chapters below. |
Zeichen 6-7: Coloring
Coloring, painting variants (e.g. corporate signs) or freight variants.
A color description can represent a single color (ro=rot (red), ge=gelb
(yellow), gn=grün (green), ...) or a combination of two colors
(gg=grau/gelb (gray/yellow), rb=rot/blau (red/blue), ...). There also may be
described different intensities (db=dunbelblau (dark blue), hb=hellblau
(light blue)) or "product colors" (vr=verkehrsrot (traffic red), ar =altrot
(classic red) of the former Deutsche Bundesbahn).
If there is only one character used for representing a color, the assignment
cannot be clear (db=dunkelblau (dark blue) and dunkelbraun (dark brown)) or
immediately identified in any case (hg=hellgelb, ha=hellgrau, hn=hellgrün
(in German, all three colors yellow, gray and green are beginning with "g")).
Here, a look to the picture itself may be necessary to identify the color,
painting or freigt description (always based on German keywords).
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Zeichen 8: Bitmap variant
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Last but not least, the last character of the vehicle filename is also used
to distinguish different vehicle bitmaps, but without using a specific rule
for selecting the character. |
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Characters 2-5 in filenames of locomotives and multiple units
For vehicles of the German state railways, the DRG/DB class numbers are used
including the first character of the filename (vehicle group) and possibly a
subclass number (which may be victitious). For vehicles from the former German
state railways, from private or from international railways, instead of the class
number another "popular" description of the vehicle may be used. Or the official
class number of the vehicle will be shortened for placing it within the 4 characters
described here.
Examples for filenames for locomotives and multiple units
| DRG/DB |
103_0...
103_1...
103_2...
110_0...
110_3...
152_0... |
E03 prototype
103 with short cab
103 with long cab
E10 prototypes
E10 with "crease"
E52 (ex. bay. EP 5) |
152_2...
403_0...
403_2...
425_0...
425_1...
425_2... |
New 152 of DBAG
ET 403 "Donald Duck"
ICE 3
ET 25 original from DRG
ET 25 reconstruction by DB
New 425 from DBAG |
| Wurttemberg |
like above
0_1...
0dt...
0kl... |
DB class numbers for similar vehicles
Steam engine of class I
Steam railcar
"Little locomotive" |
| Private railways |
like above
6lvt...
6rsp...
6n81... |
DB class numbers for similar vehicles
LVT railcar
Regiosprinter
Railcar of class NE81 |
| Belgium |
116... |
1600 |
254... |
5400 |
| Denmark |
211...
4ir_4... |
My 1100
IR 4 |
6ic_3...
6ma... |
IC 3
Ma Lyntog |
| France |
1071...
1150...
2630... |
CC 7100
BB 15000
BB 63000 |
4tga...
6rpg...
6tgv |
TGV Atlantique
TEE multiple unit (RPG)
TGV turbotrain (prototype) |
| Italy |
4460... |
ETR 460 |
6aln... |
TEE multiple unit |
| Luxembourg |
216... |
1600 |
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| Netherlands |
112...
222... |
1200
2200 |
6dm9... |
DM 90 |
| Norway |
118...
203... |
El 18
Di 3 |
6bm9... |
BM 90 |
| Austria |
6081... |
5081 |
6147... |
5147 |
| Sweden |
1rc_4... |
Rc 4 |
4x20...
4yoa... |
X2000
Yoa 2 |
| Switzerland |
0a56...
1a361...
1a440...
1a814...
1a816...
1c683...
1r444...
1r465...
2b441... |
C 5/6 from SBB
Ae 3/6 I from SBB
AE 4/4 from BLS
Ae 8/14 (first variant)
Ae 8/14 "Landi-Lok"
Ce 6/8 III "crocodile"
Re 4/4 IV from SBB/SOB
Re 465 from BLS
Bm 4/4 I from SBB |
4470...
4icn...
4npz...
4r24...
4r44...
4r8g...
4rae...
6gw26...
6ram... |
ETR 470 "Cisalpino"
ICN der SBB
"Neuer Pendel-Zug"
RAe 2/4 "Red/blue arrow"
RBe 4/4 from SBB
RABDe 8/16 frm SBB
RAe TEE II
GTW 2/6 built by Stadler
RAm TEE I |
| Spain |
1252...
2352... |
252 (Eurosprinter)
352 (Talgo locomotive) |
4ave...
4tav... |
AVE train type TGV
Talgo 350 train (TAV) |
| Czech republic |
1372... |
372 |
2781... |
781 |
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Characters 2-5 in filenames for coaches
The characters 2 and 3 represent a way of class description. In the main, the
coaches are classified in chronological order. In some cases, there may be able
a conclusion from the class used in the filename to the official description of
the vehicle (especially with german vehicles). The characters 4 and 5 contain
the passenger class description or the description how the vecicle is used.
With vehicles containing less or more than 4 axles, the number of axles may be
contained at position 2 of the filename. Then, all other descriptions are shifted
to the right by one character with renouncement of the bitmap variant character.
If the coach comes from a former German state railway (era 1), a "former German
state railway character" is inserted before the passenger class description.
Former German state railway character
b
p
w |
Baden
Prussia
Wurttemberg |
y
z |
Bavaria
Palatinate |
Passenger classes, vehicle use
A
B
C
D
AC
BC
F
PW |
1st class
2nd class
3rd class
4th class or baggage car/baggage room
1st/3rd class oder 1st/2nd/3rd class
2nd/3rd class or couchette car (2nd class)
Driving car with cab
Baggage car |
P
L
R
RS
AP,BP
AV,BV
DD
Z |
Post car
Sleeping car
Restaurant car, restaurant room
Restaurant car with pantograph
Comfort open-plan carriage
Comfort compartment coach
Car transport wagon
Special wagon |
Coach classifications
| Bavaria |
82by...
82dy...
84y... |
Platform coaches from Bavaria, short
Platform coaches from Bavaria, long
Bavarian express coaches |
| Prussia |
83ep... |
Compartment coaches from Prussia |
| Wurttemberg |
82aw...
82bw...
82cw...
82dw...
82ew...
82fw...
82gw...
82hw...
82iw...
82jw...
83ew...
83iw...
83lw...
84kw...
8aw...
8bw...
8hw...
8iw...
8jw...
8kw...
8mw...
8nw... |
Coaches from the pioneer era around 1840
Transit coaches around 1860
Platform coaches from Wurttemberg local lines
Transit coaches around 1880
Compartment coaches around 1875
Local line coaches
Post coaches around 1880
Post coaches around 1900
Platform coaches around 1910
Platform coaches around 1915
Compartment coaches around 1890
Platform coaches around 1910
Transit coaches around 1895
Double coaches for urban lines around Stuttgart
"American" coaches from the pioneer era around 1840
Platform coaches around 1860
Post coaches around 1915
Platform coaches (light) around 1905
Platform coaches (heavy) around 1900
Short transit coaches around 1895
Long transit coaches (long bogies) around 1905
Long transit coaches (short bogies) around 1915 |
Reichsbahn and
Bundesbahn |
82d0...
82d1...
82e0...
82j0...
82t...
83g0...
8d0...
8e0...
8e1...
8e2...
8f0...
8g0...
8h0...
8h1...
8j0...
8l0...
8l1...
8m0...
8m1...
8m2...
8m3...
8mdd...
8n1...
8n2...
8n4...
8o0...
8p0...
8p2...
8p4..
8q0...
8u0...
8u1...
8u2...
8u3...
8v...
8x0...
8z0...
8z1...
8z2...
8z3... |
Transit coaches with closed platforms
Platform coaches ("Donnerbüchsen")
Transit coaches, standard type
Emergency coaches
Talgo-Pendular
3-axle reconstruction coaches from DB
Express coaches of type 28 (barrel roof)
Fast train coaches of type E30
Express coaches of former "Rheingold"
Express coaches of type E30
Streamline coaches from DRG
4-axle reconstruction coaches from DB
Reconstruction coaches from DR (short)
Reconstruction coaches from DR (long)
Emergency baggage cars
Fast train coaches from DB with centric doors
Doubledeck prototype coaches from DB
UIC-X express coaches with one-piece doors
UIC-X express coaches with folding doors
UIC-X express coaches with steep roof
Sleeping cars type "T2S"
Car transport wagons from DB
Commuter coaches "Silberlinge"
Commuter coaches "Silberlinge" with steep roof,
cab of type "Karlsuhe"
Commuter coaches of type "LHB" (prototype)
Commuter coaches of type "Halberstadt"
Express coaches of type "Halberstadt"
Express cab cars
Commuter coaches of type "Puma"
OSShD standard coaches
Doubledeck articulated train from DR
Single doubledeck coaches of type "DR/Bautzen"
Single doubledeck coaches of type "SIG/Bautzen"
Doubledeck cab cars of new type
Special cars "City-Night-Line"
Suburban train cars
UIC-Z express coaches with straight roof
UIC-Z express coaches, prototypes from "LHB"
UIC-Z express coaches "Eurofima"
Special coaches "Metropolitan" |
| Coaches from private or international railways, which are of one
type described above, are designated analogously. |
| Foreign countries |
82as...
8d6...
8d7...
8e6...
8e7...
8k6...
8k7...
8l6...
8m3...
8m6...
8r6...
8s6...
8t6...
8t7...
8u6...
8u8...
8u9...
8v6...
8w6...
8w7...
8y6...
8y7...
8z6...
8z7... |
2-axle wagons from the "Spanisch-Brötli-Bahn"
Old steel wagons from Switzerland
Escort wagon for "rolling country road" from SBB
Orient Express wagons
Plan-D coaches from Netherlands
Light steel wagons from Switzerland
Short commuter wagons from Denmark
Coaches EW I from Switzerland
UIC-X Coaches with reinforced roof
Escort wagon for "rolling country road" from ÖBB
Internal express coaches from ÖBB
Coaches EW II of type "Schlieren"
Intercity coaches from Netherlands
Swiss Express coaches EW III
Intercity doubledeck coaches from Switzerland
Doubledeck coaches from Austria
Doubledeck coaches from Netherlands
Express coaches from Sweden
Express coaches EW IV from Switzerland
Express coaches from Norway
UIC-Y express coaches from France
UIC-Y express coaches with raised roof
Special express coaches from Austria
Special dining car from Austria |
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Characters 2-5 in filenames for freight wagons
The second character of the filename specifies the international UIC type for
freight wagons as it is used by DB/DBAG since 1980. The characters 3-5 represent
the class number of the decribed wagon. Freight wagon types which are not found in
the DB/DBAG numbering list (e.g. wagons which were sorted out before 1980 or only
part of other railways than DB/DBAG), are included to the present numbering system
in my own opinion. For freight wagons from the former German state railways, the
"former German state railway character" which was described in the coaches section
is inserted at position 3 of the filename, and the positions 4 and 5 are numbered
consecutively.
UIC type character
A
E
F
G
H
I
K |
Freight train escort wagons
Standard open goods wagons (standard gondolas)
Special open goods wagons (special gondolas)
Standard closed goods wagons (standard box cars)
Special closed goods wagons (special box cars)
Refrigator wagons (reefers)
2-axle standard flat cars |
L
O
R
S
T
U
Z |
Special flat cars
Standard flat and utility cars
Standard flat cars with bogies
Special flat cars with bogies
Wagons with roof able for opening
Further special wagons
Tank wagons |
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